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ArticleThe EMBO journal2007

A kappaB sequence code for pathway-specific innate immune responses.

Matthew S Busse, Christopher P Arnold, Par Towb, James Katrivesis, Steven A Wasserman

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Article in The EMBO journal, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers.

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44citing papers in PubMed
4.2field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

44 citing papers in PubMed, 88 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Matthew S BusseSection of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0349, USA.
Christopher P Arnold
Par Towb
James Katrivesis
Steven A Wasserman
University of California, San Diego · US

Funding

Training Program in Basic Clinical GeneticsT32GM008666 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI HAMILTON, BRUCE A · 1998 to 2021
$8.6M
Structure and Function of Drosophila NF-kappaB Signaling PathwaysR01GM050545 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SW MED CTR/DALLAS · PI WASSERMAN, STEVEN ALEXANDER · 1994 to 2018
$4.6M
NIGMS NIH HHS 2T32GM008666-06NIGMS NIH HHS 5R01-GM50545NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM050545NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008666
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Toll and Imd pathways induce humoral innate immune responses in Drosophila by activating NF-kappaB proteins that bind kappaB target sites. Here, we delineate a kappaB site sequence code that directs pathway-specific expression of innate immune loci. Using bioinformatic analysis of expression and sequence data, we identify shared properties of Imd- and Toll-specific response elements. Employing synthetic kappaB sites in luciferase reporter and in vitro binding assays, we demonstrate that the length of the (G)(n) element in the 5' half-site and of the central (A,T)-rich region combine to specify responsiveness to one or both pathways. We also show that multiple sites function to enhance the response to either or both pathways. Together, these studies elucidate the mechanism by which kappaB motifs direct binding by particular Drosophila NF-kappaB family members and thereby induce specialized innate immune repertoires.

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Base SequenceDrosophila ProteinsImmunity, InnateNF-kappa BToll-Like ReceptorsAnimalsComputational BiologyDNA-Binding ProteinsDrosophila melanogasterGenes, ReporterMolecular Sequence DataMutagenesis, Site-DirectedProtein BindingSignal TransductionTranscription FactorsAttA protein, DrosophilaDif protein, DrosophilaDNA-Binding ProteinsDrosophila Proteinsimd protein, DrosophilaNF-kappa BRel protein, DrosophilaToll-Like ReceptorsTranscription Factors

Identifiers

PMID17660749
PMCPMC1952218
OpenAlexW2153210121

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